Queer as Folk (American TV series)
2000 American television series
Queer as Folk is an American-Canadian drama television series that aired from 2000-2005 on Showtime. It is a remake of a British program with the same name. The series follows the lives of several gay men living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to the cost of making the series, it was actually filmed in Toronto, Canada. Following its first episode, the series quickly became the most-viewed program on the Showtime network in the United States, despite its somewhat controversial and graphic depictions of gay life.
| Queer as Folk | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Developed by | Ron Cowen Daniel Lipman |
| Starring | Michelle Clunie Robert Gant Thea Gill Gale Harold Randy Harrison Scott Lowell Peter Paige Chris Potter Hal Sparks Sharon Gless Jack Wetherall |
| Opening theme | Seasons 1-3: "Spunk" by Greek Buck Seasons 4-5: "Cue the Pulse to Begin" by Burnside Project |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 83 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 44 to 58 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime Showcase |
| Release | December 3, 2000 – August 7, 2005 |
| Related | |
| Queer as Folk (UK) | |
Main cast (in alphabetical order)
change| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Michelle Clunie | Melanie Marcus |
| Robert Gant | Ben Bruckner |
| Thea Gill | Lindsay Peterson |
| Sharon Gless | Debbie Novotny |
| Gale Harold | Brian Kinney |
| Randy Harrison | Justin Taylor |
| Scott Lowell | Theodore (Ted) Schmidt |
| Peter Paige | Emmett Honeycutt |
| Hal Sparks | Michael Novotny |
